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即使

jí shǐ 2–3

even if; even though

HSK level
HSK 5
HSK 2.0 level 4 · HSK 3.0 level 5
Characters
2
即 · 使
Syllables
2
jí shǐ
Frequency
Common
corpus count 1,004

Part of speech: c

Character by character

  • 即jí7 strokesHSK 4promptly, quickly, immediately
  • 使shǐ8 strokesHSK 2cause, send on a mission, order; envoy, messenger, ambassador

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 即使. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

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